About 275 Wynn employees who worked on “Le Reve” are now out of work.
John Katsilometes
John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
DJ Ashba says of EDM “The one thing that I’ve noticed is … it lacks guitar.”
MGM Resorts International has not announced the retail, restaurant and entertainment amenities planned for The Mirage’s opening.
Brett Loudermilk, a multitalented performer from Las Vegas, survived the live quarterfinals of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” on Tuesday night.
Piff The Magic Dragon says of helicopter flying, “I have managed to avoid this, all my life.”
Matt Goss says, “I do believe there needs to be a certain level of respect for artists. This town will not survive on restaurants alone.”
Aerialist Alan Silva, sword swallower Brett Loudermilk, daredevil artist Johnathan Goodwin and mentalist Max Major are Vegas contestants still alive on “America’s Got Talent.”
Angela Stabile of Stabile productions says, “We need to be accounted for. This is the Entertainment Capital of the World, and we need him to make us a priority.”
Longtime Vegas performer Joe Trammel says, “Everything we had went toward this RV and to take our kids on this trip.”
John Fogerty’s canceled shows in November were billed as “final shows” in his residency. But don’t rule out a return.
Ross Mollison says, “The message to the public is, I’m not going to be a problem for you, I’m not going to be a problem for employees and patrons and the governor.”
Dave Courvoisier says of his return to Las Vegas, “I found that I had a little gas left in the tank.”
Fremont Street Experience President and CEO Patrick Hughes says the show “is hilarious, local entertainers are scattered throughout the series, and it promotes the city.”
Piff the Magic Dragon says of his winning video: “I don’t work with fire. And I can tell you why, because it is very hot and very uncomfortable.”
The food is fine and Vegas folk doyen Gold Top Bob returned live music to The Sand Dollar.